After being found guilty of violating the Firearms Control Act when he discharged a rifle in public in 2018 by the East London Magistrate’s Court, Malema stood firm in the face of the judgment. He’s told his supporters outside court that neither prison nor death would sway him from the party’s revolutionary course. “As revolutionaries, going to prison or even death is a badge of honour. We cannot be scared of prison, we cannot be scared to die for the revolution,” he says. Earlier, Magistrate Twannette Olivier found Malema guilty of reckless endangerment for discharging a firearm in public.